Today is the day of the red rose and they're everywhere (in the shops - obviously not in my house!). Now the red rose is a lovely flower, but they can have a tendency to flop immediately and never revive. There are lots of theories as to how to avoid this from putting lemonade in your vase, or soluble aspirin, to bashing the stem ends flat and sticking pins through the stem behind the bloom.
So why not try something different we thought, and went off to research the hidden meanings of flowers, an idea loved by the Victorians who put meanings and messages to hundreds of plants and flowers. And this is what we found as an alternative to the red rose:
Purple Lilac represents the first emotions of young love.
The Blue Violet represents love and faithfulness
The Forget-me-not represents true love and means 'you are the key to my heart'
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The Primrose represents young love and means 'I can't live without you'
Snowdrops represent hope
The Red Peony represents devotion and aphrodisia!
There is an amazing variety to choose from, some of which we can even find in our own gardens. But we did spot one or two to avoid - yellow Roses represent jealousy, Begonias mean beware and the Cyclamen represents resignation and goodbye!
It's lovely to give and receive flowers at any time of year but who knew that it could be such a minefield?
A lovely local flower site is based on a beautiful organic farm in Fowey -
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